gunpowder

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡʌnˌpaʊdə/    美 /ˈɡʌnˌpaʊdɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulfur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks. countable,uncountable
    — They have been a bold, heroic, and purely self dependent nation, never having either courted,—or been subdued by—other Tribes or Europeans. But what early mind—a power—could face gunpowder and the firelocks? Hence their annihilation!
  2. Idli podi/milagai podi; ground-up dry spices mixed with oil and ghee and served alongside idli or dosa. India,informal,uncountable
    — Some restaurants try and give their dosas the "ethnic" touch by slipping along a small dish of mulaga podi-gunpowder mixed with oil as well, but that isn't always enough.
  3. Ellipsis of gunpowder tea. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To destroy with gunpowder. transitive
    — […] he was […] never getting into quarrels with his neighbors and gunpowdering them out of house and home. His subjects loved him.

词形变化

gunpowders plural gunpowders present,singular,third-person gunpowdering participle,present gunpowdered participle,past gunpowdered past

词汇关系

衍生词
gunpowder chicken gunpowder empire gunpowderish gunpowderous Gunpowder Plot gunpowder tea Gunpowder Treason gunpowdery

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis
Proto-Germanic *gunþiz
Old Norse gunnr
Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂tís
Proto-Germanic *hildiz
Old Norse hildr
Old Norse Gunnhildrder.
Middle English gunne
English gun
English powder
English gunpowder
From gun + powder.
词源 2
Possibly due to its smell resembling gunpowder during the British Raj.
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